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estcrh · 9th July 2013, 03:22 PM

To me it looks like a Balkan yatagan style bichaq dagger that had a smaller blade replaced with a much longer blade, possibly a non native foreign blade.

ariel · 9th July 2013, 11:49 PM

The blade was shortened, - fullers are too close to the point. On Pic #5 one can see 3 dots, perhaps remnants of the "gurda". Three narrow fullers look similar to N. African/ Beduin primitive blades ( if I am not mistaken). But blades traveled far and wide in the Ottoman world.

Iliad · 10th July 2013, 11:32 PM

Guys,
Thanks heaps for the helpful replies.

Brian

9th July 2013, 03:22 PM	#1
estcrh Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: USA Posts: 1,492	To me it looks like a Balkan yatagan style bichaq dagger that had a smaller blade replaced with a much longer blade, possibly a non native foreign blade.

9th July 2013, 11:49 PM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	The blade was shortened, - fullers are too close to the point. On Pic #5 one can see 3 dots, perhaps remnants of the "gurda". Three narrow fullers look similar to N. African/ Beduin primitive blades ( if I am not mistaken). But blades traveled far and wide in the Ottoman world.

10th July 2013, 11:32 PM	#3
Iliad Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 187	Guys, Thanks heaps for the helpful replies. Brian